1979 Pol Roger Brut Vintage
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Deep copper and old the most sluggish of bubbles but they were tiny. Gloriously toasty and completely evolved. Deep flavoured and hugely satisfying. Mature champagne at its best. I loved it, although some might judge it too old. We toasted Hugh and Judy Johnson in their new London home. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Dense copper. Deep gold. Racy and tight with just the merest hint of decay. Not a great bottle. Rather whisky like! (JR)
(jeroboam) Definite green tinge to the gold. Even though it was disgorged so much more recently than the 1985, and was in the same size of bottle, it tasted much more than six years older. This is a champagne at its peak. Wonderful balanced in a green, cabbagy way. A racy, delicate thoroughbred. Very creamy. Gold, open and lots of fun for current drinking but it should not be kept for much longer. Disgorged 3 December, 1998 (JR)
About the producer
Pol Roger is one of Champagne’s most respected Grandes Marques. While it is best known undoubtedly for its prestige cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, it also produces one of the finest non-vintage bottlings on the market.